Ayu Kitaura

The story centers on Kinuko who lives together with her granddaughter Nagisa in the house she once shared with her late husband and where she raised her children. On a spring morning, on the important 49th day after her husband’s passing, the goldfish he had been taking care of suddenly dies. Kinuko wraps its body in camellia flowers and buries it in the garden. She spends her day thinking of the past, cherishing her memories and trivial events. The financial burden of taking care of the house and the garden is becoming too heavy for her and she now faces the logical decision of selling the place…

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

Kazuto has a lifelong dream of becoming an actor, but has been suffering from a special medical condition where he faints and collapses when he gets nervous. One day, he encounters his brother, Hiroki, who who he hasn’t seen for years. He invites Kazuto to a talent agency called 'Special Actors'.

An ex-journalist Masuda whose article caused a scandalous fatality now works at a small factory. He learns that his colleague Suzuki is a former convict who killed some children back in middle school. Trying to get back his old job, Masuda secretly starts to write a piece on Suzuki while befriending him. The more he learns about his colleague, however, the more Masuda remembers his younger self, a boy who triggered his classmate's suicide.

Haruo, a director, auditions for a film already partially shot in Taiwan. Thus he meets Ma, a young Taiwanese skater just as disoriented as he is.

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.

Five passengers stare at a middle-aged man weeping on a train - a young man with a broken heart, an office worker exhausted from work, a new station attendant, a salaryman who cannot cry, and a lost high school girl.

While researching a story on a school for problem children, Nakahara meets Emi, a college volunteer with a compelling tale of her own. After overcoming her initial reluctance to open up to the writer, Emi talks about her busted leg and her childhood friendship with the chronically ill Yuka.

A drama of two aging women who live a solitary life collecting discarded items from a nearby town. One day they return home to find a young girl knitting a red sweater in their house. Each time the girl finishes her dress, she promptly unravels it and the mystery unfolds.

O preço de um aluguel em Tóquio é alto demais, o que leva uma mãe a fingir que tem apenas um filho quando se muda para uma casa nova com espaço para apenas duas pessoas, trazendo outras duas crianças escondidas em malas e deixando a menina mais velha esperando do lado de fora até os proprietários dormirem. As crianças não podem ir à escola, nunca saem de casa e precisam ficar o tempo todo escondidas. A mãe parece ser uma pessoa imatura e irresponsável, e delega responsabilidades pesadas demais para o Akira, o filho mais velho que tem apenas 12 anos.O filme é baseado em uma história real, o caso das "Crianças abandonadas de Sugamo" ocorrido no Japão em 1988.